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You are subscribed to the MDC Fishing Report. If you would like to unsubscribe, please go to http://mdc.mo.gov/4183 . Missouri Department of Conservation Statewide Fishing Report 6/5/2008 at 11:39:47 Attention Fishing Report Subscribers: Welcome to the 2008 fishing report season! The fishing report does not necessarily reflect current floating conditions. For current Missouri reservoir or river levels see the websites listed below. Rivers: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=huc_cd Reservoirs: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/current/?type=lake&group_key=basin_cd For more information about the fishing opportunities in these and other Missouri waters, consult the "2008 Fishing Prospects at Selected Missouri Lakes and Streams" available at: www.mdc.mo.gov/fish/prospects/ PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations apply to designated portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all portions. ---------------------- CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388 LAKES Binder: 70 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on topwater lures and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on crickets and river worms; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 69 degrees, high, dingy; white bass and crappie fair on light-colored soft plastics and jigs; catfish good on worms and cut shad. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 73 degrees, high, muddy; black bass fair on dark-colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow but striking on light-colored soft plastics; crappie slow on minnows and jigs; catfish fair using worms and chicken liver. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 73 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on chicken liver and shad sides; crappie slow on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 73 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in back of coves; crappie good on minnows in brush piles under docks; catfish good on live bluegill, worms and shad guts. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 73 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in back of coves; crappie good on minnows in brush piles under docks; catfish good on live bluegill, worms and shad guts. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Little Dixie: 72 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on live minnows and jigs; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and chicken or turkey livers; black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; bluegill good on crickets; all other species slow; area is closed for all activity (including fishing) from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Lamine: 68 degrees, rising, muddy; substantial debris floating in water; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Missouri (Middle): 67 degrees, rising, muddy; substantial debris floating in water; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 69 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on cut shad or turkey livers; crappie good using minnows; white bass fair when dam is running water, try using Rooster Tails. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254 LAKES James A. Reed Area: 79 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass, bluegill and redear sunfish good; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Montrose: 74 degrees, dingy; catfish good; all other species slow; light fishing pressure. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 73 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 75 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Smithville: 68 degrees, high, dingy; white bass good using jigs and minnows along face of dam; catfish fair using shad sides and nightcrawlers in back of coves; walleye fair using minnows, leeches and nightcrawlers on the bottom around the flats; largemouth bass slow with some success using minnows in the shallows and riprap; all other species slow; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species good. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Truman: 72 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on live baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and worms; white bass and hybrid bass fair on spoons and jigs. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Truman Tailwaters: 72 degrees, dingy; releasing 23,500 cfs; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; white bass fair on jigs and Road Runners; catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Missouri River: high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) ---------------------- NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420 LAKES Hunnewell: 74 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers and crickets; channel catfish fair on chicken liver and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Long Branch: 70 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Mark Twain: 68 degrees, high, muddy; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on setlines with sunfish and goldfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Sever: 71 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie good on minnows; bluegill good on mealworms and Rooster Tails; redear sunfish fair on red wigglers; largemouth bass good on crankbaits and plastic worms and lizards; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Thomas Hill: 69 degrees, high, dingy; small channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Mississippi (above St. Louis): 68 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Salt (below Mark Twain): 68 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111 LAKES Bilby Ranch Lake: 70 degrees, rising, dingy; bluegill good; largemouth bass good; crappie good and biting aggressively in 5 to 15 feet deep; channel catfish good on dip baits and worms fished along dam; walleye good on dam and rock piles. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Mozingo: 70 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill good in the shallows, making beds, can be caught easily; largemouth bass good; crappie good and biting aggressively in brush 5 to 15 feet deep; channel catfish good on dip baits and worms in shallows; walleye good on the points. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Paho: 74 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and channel catfish good; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Pony Express: 73 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good in shallow rock areas on jigs and minnows; all other species good. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Grand: 64 degrees, rising, muddy; all catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Missouri (below Iowa line): 68 degrees, rising, muddy; river at flood stage; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561 LAKES Bull Shoals (East): 71 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass and spotted bass fair on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Norfork: 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) RIVERS Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 69 degrees, rising, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures and jigs. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Big Piney (Upper): 67 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and black bass good on live baits and soft plastic lures; bluegill fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Bryant Creek: 64 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Current: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft plastic worms; goggle-eye fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Eleven Point: 58 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass good on soft plastic lures; rainbow trout good on Power Baits and corn; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 71 degrees, rising, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures and jigs; channel catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Gasconade (upper): 69 degrees, high, muddy; black bass, goggle-eye and sunfish fair on jigs, small plastic lures and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Jack's Fork: 65 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures. (Report made on 6/5/2008) North Fork: 63 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all trout good on nymphs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858 LAKES Clearwater Lake: 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Council Bluff: 69 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on jerkbaits and crankbaits; channel catfish fair on cut baits and nightcrawlers; redear sunfish fair on crickets and live worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Cypress Lake: 71 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets, worms and small spinnerbaits; black bass good on spinnerbaits and topwater lures; channel catfish good on cut baits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Duck Creek: 80 degrees, dingy; bluegill good on jigs and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Lake Girardeau: 70 degrees, normal, clear; redear sunfish good on worms; channel catfish fair on worms and livers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Perry County Lake: 78 degrees, high, clear; bluegill good on jigs and crickets; redear sunfish fair on jigs; channel catfish fair on worms. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Robert DeLaney Lake: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural baits and stinkbaits; bluegill and crappie slow; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Wappapello: bluegill good on crickets; channel catfish good on live baits and nightcrawlers on jug lines and trotlines at night; crappie good on minnows and jigs in the spillway; black bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits; white bass fair on small spinnerbaits. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Black River (near Annapolis): 68 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on artificial crayfish and live minnows. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; all species good (Report made on 6/5/2008) Mississippi (below Charleston): 70 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; goggle-eye, longear sunfish and green sunfish good on Beetle Spins, small minnows, and worms; black bass good on large minnows and topwater lures; channel catfish good in deep holes on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 6/5/2008) St. Francis (below Wappapello): 73 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and worms; bluegill fair on wax worms and red wigglers; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; flathead catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881 LAKES Bull Shoals (West): 67-70 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on jigs and topwater lures; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbaits. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Lake Taneycomo: 51 degrees, high, dingy; upper lake: all trout good on white marabou jigs and black and chrome Rogues or Rapalas; lower lake: trout good on yellow and bubblegum pink colored Power Baits and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Pomme de Terre: 69 degrees, dingy; black bass good on soft plastic lures and crankbaits; catfish good on worms and cut baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows over structure in 15 to 20 feet of water; walleye fair on crankbaits on the points; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Stockton: 74 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on small crankbaits; catfish good on nightcrawlers; walleye good on jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or worm harness; black bass fair on soft plastic worms and lizards; white bass fair on topwater and small jigs. (Report made on 6/4/2008) Table Rock (James River arm): 70 degrees, dingy; 12 feet high, smallmouth bass good on small crankbaits, soft plastic crayfish and soft plastic minnows; goggle-eye good on small crankbaits, soft plastic minnows and soft plastic crayfish, use a 1/16 to 1/8 oz jig head and fish deep pockets of water around large chunk rock; catfish good on trotlines and limb lines using live bluegill, setlines in 15 feet of water. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Table Rock (main lake): 71 degrees, high, clear; water levels 12 feet high; black bass good, especially smallmouth bass on green spinnerbaits with copper colored blade, casting around heavy structure, allow bait to sink to bottom, largemouth bass striking as bait sinks. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Big Niangua: 63 degrees, high, dingy; all trout good below Bennett Spring; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) James River (lower): 71 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics, try purple and silver swimming minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953 LAKES Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 77 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on prepared baits and shrimp; black bass good on crankbaits and soft plastic lures; bluegill good on mealworms; crappie fair on jigs; carp fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 77 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on prepared baits and shrimp; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 6/5/2008) RIVERS Big River: 63 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on limb lines baited with 3 to 4 inch bluegill; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 63 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on blood baits and cut baits; black bass fair on minnows and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on worms and crickets; all other species fair on worms. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 69 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow on minnows, plastic worms and jigs; channel catfish slow on prepared baits; bluegill fair on crickets; goggle-eye fair on worms and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Meramec (below Eureka): 64 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on jigs and spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on live baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Missouri (below New Haven): 61 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and cut baits; carp fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- TROUT PARKS Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, clear; 3 inches above normal; color has cleared; successful lures and baits include: jigs (orange, black & yellow); mini-jigs (white floss and John Deere); glo balls (any bright 3 color and chartreuse w/ flame dot); other successful lures are bumblebee Rooster Tails, red brassies and Power Baits (yellow colors) all fished deep; June fishing hours are 6:30am to 8:30pm. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=06923500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 6/5/2008) Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, dingy; fishing has been good; fish size has increased considerably; water is going down and clearing; June fishing hours: 6:30am to 8:30pm. (Report made on 6/5/2008) Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; fishing has been good; fly and lure fishermen have been catching fish on various wet flies, spinnerbaits and crayfish lures; try black, gray, brown, white, and green marabou jigs for best results; bait fishermen have been doing well using corn, worms, garlic scented doughbaits and brown Power Baits, try Power Baits fished beneath a bobber or drifted without a sinker. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07064440&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 6/5/2008) Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; visibility more than 4 feet; 2 to 3 pound test line is recommended; plastic eggs, worms and marabou jigs are working well in zone 1; check local fly shops for flies that are working well. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 6/5/2008) ---------------------- "Quality Fishing…………..Our Mission, Our Passion" www.missouriconservation.org
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